The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
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One Dead, One Injured After July 6 Shooting on Old Plank Trail
A bicycle dripping with blood after the shooting. (Credit: Todd Sherman/Network Video Productions) More photographs from the scene are available here: ENEWSPF on Facebook (Credit: Todd Sherman/Network Video Productions) Matteson, IL-(ENEWSPF)- One man is dead and another wounded after a shooting in broad daylight along Old Plank Trail in Matteson[Read More…]
FBI: Hogsett Announces Guilty Plea of Postal Employee on Child Exploitation Charges
Evansville, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that a former postmaster at the Elberfeld Post Office branch entered a plea of guilty of possession and receiving child pornography. Floyd M. Thompson, age 60, of Evansville, appeared in federal court today in front of U.S. District Chief[Read More…]
FBI: Zion Man Tied to Series of Waukegan Bank Robberies Facing Federal Charge
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Zion man suspected of committing three Waukegan bank robberies has been arrested and charged in connection with one of those robberies. The arrest and charge were announced today by Robert J. Holley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the FBI, and Zachary T. Fardon,[Read More…]
Police: Two Neglected Dogs Seized From East Gate Home Die
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forset police report in a statement that two dogs are dead after they were discovered in a severely neglected condition in the East Gate neighborhood on the 4th of July. According to police, patrol officers responded to a residence on the 200 block of Allegheny Street[Read More…]
SunTrust Mortgage Agrees to $320 Million Settlement
Money Will Provide Relief to Harmed Borrowers and Establish Prevention Fund Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2014. The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. that resolves a criminal investigation of SunTrust’s administration of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). As detailed in documents filed today, SunTrust misled[Read More…]
U.S. Files Complaint and Consent Decree Against Mira Health and Senior Officers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2014. The United States has filed a complaint and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree against Mira Health Ltd. (Mira), its chief operating officer, Michael S. Ragno Sr., and its quality assurance manager, Michael S. Ragno Jr.,[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues Los Angeles Pharmaceutical Company Over Feminine Health Drug Products
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2014. The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a civil lawsuit against Laclede Inc. and its president, Michael A. Pellico, seeking to stop the distribution of over-the-counter vaginal drug products that the company makes and sells nationwide. The lawsuit, filed on June 25, 2014, in[Read More…]
Latin Kings’ Leader of Little Village Region Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Related Gang Crimes
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. A high-ranking leader of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison after being convicted of racketeering conspiracy and related charges involving narcotics trafficking and violence that plagued the Little Village neighborhood on the city’s west side. The defendant, JUAN AMAYA,[Read More…]
BNP Paribas Agrees to Plead Guilty and to Pay $8.9 Billion for Illegally Processing Financial Transactions for Countries Subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. According to court documents submitted today, BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of[Read More…]
